1
The officer appointed to execute Ahiqar was Nabushumiskun, an ish whose life Ahiqar had once preserved when another king had ordered his death.
2
Ahiqar reminded him: I did not kill you when power placed your life in my hand; now remember that mercy.
3
Nabushumiskun remembered and agreed to hide Ahiqar instead of killing him.
4
A condemned servant of similar build was clothed in Ahiqar's garment and slain in his place, so that the report of Ahiqar's death would be believed.